diff --git a/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py b/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
index 590c09d..508aaca 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
@@ -56,8 +56,14 @@ class Publications(Bureau):
               res = txn.get(tmpcode.encode())
             txn.put(tmpcode.encode(), url.encode())
 
+        # chop wierdly long urls to be 500 chars (LMDB limit for keys)
+        # TODO: make sure we're not truncating some multi-byte unicode
+        if len(url.encode()) > 500:
+            url_key = url.encode()[0:500]
+        else:
+            url_key = url.encode()
         with self.dbenv.begin(write=True, db=self.rev_urldb) as txn:
-            txn.put(url.encode(), tmpcode.encode())
+            txn.put(url_key, tmpcode.encode())
 
         return tmpcode
 
@@ -257,6 +263,7 @@ class Publications(Bureau):
                     continue
 
                 # ignore the old news we've already seen
+                # 
                 with self.dbenv.begin(db=self.rev_urldb) as txn:
                     res = txn.get(entry.link.encode())
                     if res is not None:
diff --git a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
index 47eb5d2..75e3501 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
     """
     The Public relations department manages the flow of information between
     the screenless office and the general public.  It provides interfaces
-    for Twitter, Facebook and other electronic PR platforms.
+    for Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon and other electronic PR platforms.
     """
 
     name = "Public Relations"
@@ -93,22 +93,9 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
         access_token = 'EAADixisn70ABADh2rEMZAYA8nGzd6ah8RFZA3URba263aCQ63ajLeTiZC5sgZCyIVSmRZBWReVsO9IuaLibX5RjW9Ja2tTZAbxgrDr1dPJzyGwcGTSV9bW1W4NigN0d9dFIH35W2fZBOkhvuLqOCDCBacIPjXPMxF7DRGyrz5lVHxTc04OlBeRX'
         page_id = "screenless"
         graph = facebook.GraphAPI(access_token)
-        #graph.put_object(parent_object=page_id, connection_name='feed',
-        #                 message='testing screenless post')
         print("uploading photo " + photo)
         graph.put_photo(image=open(photo, 'rb'), album_path=page_id + "/photos",
                         message='#screenless')
-        #files = {"file": ("cam.jpg", open(photo, 'rb'))}
-        #args = {}
-        #args["access_token"] = access_token
-        #args["caption"] = "test cam"
-        #resp = requests.post(facebook.FACEBOOK_GRAPH_URL + graph.version + "/"\
-        #                     + "me" + "/photos",
-        #                     files=files,
-        #                     params=args,
-        #                     timeout=graph.timeout,
-        #                     proxies=graph.proxies)
-        #print(resp.json())
 
     @add_command("twtimeline", "Print Recent Tweets")
     def tw_timeline(self, data=None):
@@ -164,11 +151,42 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
         """
         Print detailed tweet info and commands for reply, like, retweet, etc.
         """
+        self.log.debug("got data " + str(data))
         tweet_id = self.get_tweet_id(data)
+        self.log.debug("tweet details for id:" + tweet_id)
         tweet = self.t.t.statuses.show(id=tweet_id)
+        prn = printer.Usb(0x416, 0x5011, in_ep=0x81, out_ep=0x03)
+        prn.codepage = "cp437"
 
-        # TODO: print tweet details
-        pass
+        prn.set(text_type="U")
+        username = tweet["user"]["name"].encode("cp437", "ignore")
+        prn._raw(username)
+        prn.text("\r\n")
+        prn.set(text_type="NORMAL")
+        twtext = html.unescape(tweet["text"])
+        t_wrapped = textwrap.fill(twtext, width=48) + "\r\n"
+        t_enc = t_wrapped.encode("cp437", "ignore")
+        prn._raw(t_enc)
+
+        if "media" in tweet["entities"]:
+            if len(tweet["entities"]["media"]) > 0:
+                i_url = tweet["entities"]["media"][0]["media_url"]
+                filename = i_url.rsplit('/',1)[1]
+                filename = "/tmp/" + filename
+                print("fetching", i_url, filename)
+                urllib.request.urlretrieve(i_url, filename)
+                im = PIL.Image.open(filename)
+                if im.mode in ("L", "RGB", "P"):
+                    im = PIL.ImageOps.equalize(im)
+                im.thumbnail((576, 576), PIL.Image.ANTIALIAS)
+                prn.image(im, impl="bitImageColumn")
+
+        tw_shortcode = self.short_tweet_id(tweet["id_str"])
+        prn.barcode("PRtwrt." + tw_shortcode, "CODE128", function_type="B")
+        prn.barcode("PRtwlk." + tw_shortcode, "CODE128", function_type="B")
+        prn.text("\r\n\r\n")
+
+        prn.cut()
 
     @add_command("twrt", "Re-Tweet")
     def tw_retweet(self, data):